An amateur fossil hunter just unearthed a new species of "sea dragon" dinosaur on a British beach. The sea dragon, or ...

It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...

New research at NAU looks at faster warming in the Arctic, and highlights concern about risks to the U.S. of a political ...

Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

Between 66 million and 215 million years ago, long-necked reptiles called plesiosaurs inhabited the world’s oceans. By ...

Imagine an ear falling off a first century Roman statue and you’ll get an idea of what someone found at the Lake Mead ...

The aim of this reporting guide is to provide key context and practical advice to enable better investigations of the fossil ...

Discover the fascinating story of a sea cow fossil in Venezuela, providing insights into prehistoric marine life and predator ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...